Mimi Hutton
Of Counsel
Offices: Hong Kong
Tel: +852 3711 1611
Email: [email protected]
Education: Hollins College, B.A. (Hons) • University of Virginia, J.D.
Year joined: 2008
Overview
Mimi Hutton has more than 30 years' experience advising in Asia on global tax, trust and estate planning matters, charities and
philanthropy matters, and US and Hong Kong trust and tax matters for individuals, families and financial institutions. She is a Hong
Kong and US qualified lawyer.
Mimi advises Asian families on a wide range of private client matters. She advises Asian clients on the creation of charitable
structures and on their ongoing philanthropy. She also advises charities on tax and structuring and governance matters. She works
with clients who have US family members, who are investing in the US, moving to the US or expatriating. She also advises in
connection with international probate matters where the estate owns US assets and/or has US beneficiaries. She assists clients who
have US citizenship or green card status on trust and estate planning strategies.
Highlights
Mimi has been described by the Asia Pacific Legal 500 as ‘a private client specialist with ... a prestigious list of high-net-worth
individual and family clients'. Chambers Asia has ranked her as a Band 1 leading individual every year since 2009 and describes
her as 'a well-respected wealth management lawyer in Greater China'. Her expertise also covers strategic estate and charitable
planning. She is appreciated for her 'meticulous advice and highly driven attitude'. Mimi also holds the Financial Times NonExecutive Director Diploma Asia.
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, past Hong Kong Branch Chairman, current Chair – STEP Philanthropy Group
Hong Kong Trustees Association
Fellow, American College of Trusts and Estates Counsel
American Bar Association
New York Bar Association
Law Society of Hong Kong
Member, Advisory Council, The School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center, New York
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